NormalGuyTri

02/25/2021

Better late than never, eh? Only 9.5 years late. Maybe I'll get my 2015 reports out before 2024?

Ride Date:  17 September 2011 Starting City:  Riddle, OR Ending City:  Sutherlin, OR Ride Stats:   50.55 miles , 2180' of climbing, 3:13:26 Day 7 promised to be “mostly flat”, which is “sort of” was, considering we did a total of almost 2200’ of climbing. T

02/18/2021

Yep, it's that time of year again. Time to convince myself to set some goals and actually starting doing it. ..except I am already doing it. }B^)

“Start at the beginning!” “And when you come to the end… STOP.” The March Hare and Mad Hatter, Disney’s Alice in Wonderland

01/08/2021

How do you come back after health issues and injuries? Hopefully this is how. 😁

07/08/2019

And... I'm back. Not sure what will come next but I'm definitely back.
https://www.normalguytri.com/journal/2019/7/1/starting-from-square-one-2019-edition

01/21/2016

Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires are incredible. I have almost never had a flat with one. Notice I said "almost"?
http://www.normalguytri.com/journal/2016/1/20/how-to-kill-a-schwalbe-marathon

There only very few things for which I have zero tolerance. Flat tires is one of them. There is nothing in the world that kills the joy of riding a bicycle faster than a flat tire. Especially when you are going down a big hill and your freshly-installed tire was not properly seated on the rim. And y…

01/06/2016

Yesterday I rode with new studded bike tires. They must add about 30-40% rolling resistance. 35-minute commute turned into 50+ minutes and I was late to my first meeting of the day. Bonus: I didn't crash on the ice.

12/08/2015

I was the top story on the Seattle Bike Blog News Roundup!
http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2015/12/04/bike-news-roundup-bill-nye-crashed-a-1995-city-video-to-tell-people-to-bike-to-work/

It’s time for the Bike News Roundup! Lots of good stuff floating around the web these days, so let’s get started. First up, this 1995 video by the Seattle Department of Engineering (now…

11/10/2015

Yep, I did it. I broke the law tonight.
http://www.normalguytri.com/journal/2015/11/9/i-broke-the-law-tonight

Tonight I broke the law. I did it knowingly and willfully. I'll probably do it again tomorrow and probably over 100 times before next April. At least I hope to, if my work and personal schedule do not get in the way. The Act What did I do that was so heinous? I rode my bicycle home from work. I did…

09/23/2015

Ride photos are up...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/leedo/albums/72157656541596114

09/13/2015

Starting a grand adventure...

07/02/2015

Do you like watching short-track speed skating during the Olympics? Try it on a concrete track with track bikes doing 30-40 MPH. They call it the "Madison" race and it's INSANE to watch. Truly chaos (not sure how organized it is)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAekOxVkNks&feature=youtu.be

Take a ride in the first race of Marymoor's very first madison of the 2015 season. A 20 lap throw n' go to the finish line. The madison is a two rider relay ...

07/01/2015

Yep, I'm lazy. Here's a report on my track racing experience from October 2014 which I just published today.

http://www.normalguytri.com/journal/2014/10/27/track-racing-report-2014

Wow. How did I let this one slip? I wrote this in October 2014 and, well... I have no excuse. OK, I have a long list but none of them are really worth it. So here it is... Well, another race season has come and gone. And what do I have to show for it? Maybe a cat-4 upgrade? Not quite, but more on th…